Dell Inspiron 7500 System Reference Manual page 124

1 LED cable
2 6-mm screws (4)
3 LED connector
4 DC-DC board
5 Battery compartment/MegaBay
6 Hard-disk drive bay
7 4-mm screws (6)
8 Combo bay
9 Base assembly
10 Connector for speaker wiring harness
11 Palmrest assembly
12 Speaker wiring harness and grounding strap
13 Washer
14 4-mm screw
This procedure assumes that you have removed the keyboard,
Figures 24 and 25), perform the following steps:
1. Remove the left and right hinge saddle extensions.
2. Remove the two 4-mm screws from the top inside of the combo bay.
3. Remove the two 4-mm screws from the top inside of the MegaBay.
4. Remove the two 4-mm screws from the top inside of the hard-disk drive bay.
5. Turn the unit back over.
6. Remove the three 6-mm screws from the top of the base assembly, along the back edge.
7. Remove the 6-mm screw from the DC-DC board.
8. Remove the 4-mm screw and the washer securing the grounding strap to the PC Card heat shield.
9. Disconnect the speaker wire harness from connector JP18 on the left side of the system board.
thermal shield, and display assembly. To remove the palmrest assembly (see